Russian scientists hail discovery of 32,000-year-old sabre-toothed cat cub
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YAKUTSK, RUSSIA : The sabre-toothed cat cub is almost small enough to hold in one hand, but its discovery after 32,000 years is a momentous event for palaeontologists. It was around three weeks old when it died in what is now northeastern Russia - and the permafrost has kept it well-preserved ever since. Scientists from the Academy of Sciences in Yakutia in the Far East say it is a unique find. "Nowhere else has it been found in such good preservation" said the academy's Aisen Klimovsky who co-
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